Quotes About Time

114 quotes

American businessman

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

French novelist

But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted.

— Madame Bovary

American singer-songwriter

What was the future? The future was a solid wall, not promising, not threatening - all bunk. No guarantees of anything, not even the guarantee that life isn't one big joke.

— Chronicles, Vol. 1

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

We cannot ignore our gift of the future.

— Just Peace: A Message of Hope

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

Serbian-American engineer and inventor

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Colombian singer-songwriter

Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.

Argentine association football player

I have many years to get better and better, and that has to be my ambition. The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

German racing driver

In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020

Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.

Argentine association football player

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

German racing driver

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.